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2nd muft be prefer ved in a warm 

 Stove in Winter ; nor mould they 

 be expofed to the open Air in Sum- 

 mer, if you would have them flower 

 well ; tho' indeed the Plants will 

 live and thrive in the open Air in 

 JunSt July, and Auguft ; but then 

 they will rarely produce any Flow- 

 ers ; and thofe which may appear, 

 are eafily deitroyed by either Winds 

 or Rain, both which will foon fcat- 

 ter them, being butflenderly fattened 

 upon the Plants. The only Method 

 jn which I have found thcijl Plants 

 to thrive and flower well, is this ; 

 >viz. After having preferved the 

 Plants in a moderate Stove ail the 

 Winter, I cleans'd their Leaves and 

 £:cms from Duft; then I took out 

 t'fte Earth from the Upper-part of 

 the Pets, and filled them with frefh 

 Earth ; then I plunged the Pots into 

 z moderate Bed of Tanners Bark, 

 which had loft moft of its Heat : this 

 occafions the Plants to fhoot very 

 ftrong; and in June and July I had 

 great Quantities of Flowers, which 

 were exceeding fweet, but of amort 

 Duration, feldom continuing longer 

 than two Days : however, thefe were 

 Succeeded by frefli Flowers thro* the 

 ,greatefl Part of June and July, du- 

 ring which time my Plants were ne- 

 ver intirely deftitute of Flowers. 

 ' Thefe jafmines may alfo be pro- 

 pagated by laying down their tender 

 Branches in the Spring, in the fame 

 manner as was directed for the 

 yellow Indian Jafmine, which will 

 take Root in lefs than three Months, 

 provided the Pots are plunged into 

 an Hot-bed, otherwife they will not 

 be rooted until the fucceeding Spring. 

 Thefe muft be planted into a light 

 fendy Earth, and frequently watered 

 in hot Weather; but during the 

 Winter-feafon, it muft be given 

 them but fparingly ; for too much 

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Moifture at that time will deftroy 

 them . 



This is made a diftinft Genus by 

 Dr. Linnaeus, by the Name of Nyft- 

 antkes, from the Flowers of this fall- 

 ing in the Night ; fo that in the na- 

 tural Places of its Growth, where 

 the Plants abound with Flowers, 

 the Surface of the Ground under 

 them is frequently covered with 

 Flowers every Morning ; from 

 whence the Plant has been by fome 

 called Arbor trijlis, or the Sorrow- 

 ful-tree. 



The Sort with duoble Flowers, 

 which we have now in England, has 

 rarely more than two Rows of 

 Leaves, as I obfervrd" in the Spa- 

 nijh\ fo that it is but little better than 

 the Angle : but there is another Sort 

 of thh Jafmine, which was formerly 

 in England, and is now in the Duke 

 of Tuj'cany^s Gardens at Pi/a, which 

 producer Flowers almoil as large as 

 a Cinnamon Rofe, and as double, 

 as alfo of a moft inofFenfive fweet 

 Scent ; but this is not in England at 

 prefent* nor is it likely to be ob- 

 tained here, fince it is riot known to 

 be growing in any other Part of Eu- 

 rope but the Garden at Pi/a, where 

 it is kept under a Guard, to prevent 

 its being ftolen away: fuch is the 

 narrow Temper of the prefent Pof- 

 feiTor, that he will not fuffer it to be 

 diftributed into any other Gardens ; 

 tho' the Profeflbr of Botany to that 

 Garden fays, it increafes greatly by 

 Layers ; by which means all Europe 

 might be foon fupplied with this 

 valuable Plant, were it but once in 

 the PoflefTion of any communicative 

 Perfon. 



The Coffee-tree is propagated by 

 Seeds, which fhould be town foon 

 after they are gathered from the 

 Tree: for if they are kept but a 

 ftiort time out of the Ground, they :■ 



will 



